The Darien pocket gopher (''Heterogeomys dariensis'') is a species of
rodent in the family
Geomyidae. It is occurs in
Panama and
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
Some authors classify it in the genus ''
Orthogeomys'', but recent research has allowed this and its related species to be classified in the genus ''
Heterogeomys''.
It includes the Thaeler's pocket gopher (''H. d. thaeleri'')
endemic to Colombia as a subspecies. Previously, this subspecies was considered a separate species.
References
Darien pocket gopher
Rodents of Central America
Mammals described in 1912
Least concern biota of North America
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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